FDR described US as arsenal of democracy, where US would promote+protect democracy through whatever means necessary - supplying weaponry or money, etc.
Reasons the US Joined WWII:
bombing @ Pearl Harbor
Axis powers were violating sovereignty of countries & international law (Treaty of Versailles)
Axis powers were beating US's closest trade partners
moral cause : democracy v. dictatorship (citizens' rights)
3/9/11 New Deal DBQ Thesis: From 1929 to 1941, the Great Depression dragged on, and although the Roosevelt administration was effective in lifting up the hopes of many Americans and increasing the role of government power in public life with a great amount of government spending, they were actually ineffective in their overall goal of getting the US economy back into shape.
Open Response Thesis:
From 1845 to 1861, the balance of free and slave states resulted in controversy as new western states were added to the US. Compromises made to equalize the balance, such as the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, resulted in violence that eventually led to the Union's downfall in the Civil War.
During World War II, the United States home front created such hostility towards people of Japanese culture, especially after the attack on Pearl Harbor, that even laws were made to separate them from each other in "relocation centers". Those of Jewish decent also
3/11/10 XVII. World War II, 1931-1945 1. Prior to American involvement in both the First and Second World Wars, the U.S. adopted an official policy of neutrality. Compare the policy and its modifications during the period 1914-1917 to the policy and its modifications during the period 1939-1941. (1982, question 5)
1914-1917 (WWI) : Wilson declared neutrality in US, but later on the US ended up leaning more towards Britain's side b/c of economic ties to Britain, how Germans sank Lusitania (with Americans in the ship) using submarine warfare, & the Zimmerman telegram
1939-1941 ( WWII) : Neutrality Act of 1939 that prohibited helping either side, but once again they ended up leaning more towards Britain's side by helping them with lend-lease and cash-and-carry policies
WWII they tried to stay a little bit more neutral
During both World Wars, the United States originally declared neutrality as a way of dealing with war while still profiting off of war supplies. Prior to entering World War II, the US began to modify their policies with cash-and-carry and lend-lease so that
in terms of comparison, they were pretty similar ; US was declaring neutrality but modified their positions so that they could help Britain more
2. "Vice Presidents who have succeeded to the presidency on the death of the President have been less effective in their conduct of domestic AND foreign policy than the men they replaced." Assess the validity of this statement for any TWO of the following pairs. William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (1989, question 6)
statement is false in case of Theodore Roosevelt, b/c he was more effective than McKinley
when Truman took over for FDR the statement was somewhat true b/c he began
3. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender. Evaluate this statement using the documents and your knowledge of the military and diplomatic history of the years 1939 through 1947. (1988, DBQ)
Ground zero at Nagasaki before and after the atomic bomb that was set off to end WWII. The bomb greatly destoryed vast amounts of land there.
Women served in several important roles throughout the war. Most served as "government girls" back at the home front, but there were indeed a few women who were more proactive in the war effort - as seen in the picture with the four women aviators.
The Cold War (1945-1990) :**
Berlin wall becomes key symbol of Cold War, until it came down when the USSR collasped
not JUST US + USSR : many other countries in play during war (ex. China, Cuba, Korea, parts of South America, any democratic country, etc.)
USSR = communism + dictatorship
US = capitalism (mixed - some gov. intervention in economy : laws, rules, regulations, taxes, etc) + representative democracy
Stalin-led Russia :
- Trotskyists = Stalin-opposers
- "Stalism"
- "Marxism-Leninism"
- Marxism had to do w/ class warfare (upper class v. lower class, w/ working class eventually establishing classless society where there is more equality)
- gov. would plan economy
- Khrushchev = Stalin replacement who was key player after Stalin in Cold War
- "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."
- Stalin claimed to be a real follower of Lenin (the ruler of USSR before him who created Soviet Communist Party)
From Wikispace on "Stalism":
- The main contributions of Stalin to communist theory were:
The groundwork for the Soviet policy concerning nationalities, laid in Stalin's 1913 work Marxism and the National Question, praised by Lenin.
- Stalinism has been described as being synonymous with totalitarianism, or a tyrannical regime. The term has been used to describe regimes that fight political dissent through violence, imprisonment, and killings
- abandoned capitalist-like New Economic Policy (in Great Turn)
3/21/11 As of 1953 (the end of the Korean War), who was winning the Cold War?
By the time the Korean War ended, it seemed clear that the Soviet Union was winning the Cold War. The USSR was able to keep a stalemate in Korea. They continued to spead communism throughout the world, especially China's new government. It gave the USSR a major ally, especially since America's MacArthur threatened them. The US practice of containment did actually work in Korea, but communism still wasn't eliminated. Besides, the USSR had more of an upper hand during the war since they were fighting in northern Korea, which is closer to them than southern Korea is to the US.
Reasons the US Joined WWII:
3/9/11
New Deal DBQ Thesis: From 1929 to 1941, the Great Depression dragged on, and although the Roosevelt administration was effective in lifting up the hopes of many Americans and increasing the role of government power in public life with a great amount of government spending, they were actually ineffective in their overall goal of getting the US economy back into shape.
Open Response Thesis:
3/11/10
XVII. World War II, 1931-1945
1. Prior to American involvement in both the First and Second World Wars, the U.S. adopted an official policy of neutrality. Compare the policy and its modifications during the period 1914-1917 to the policy and its modifications during the period 1939-1941. (1982, question 5)
2. "Vice Presidents who have succeeded to the presidency on the death of the President have been less effective in their conduct of domestic AND foreign policy than the men they replaced." Assess the validity of this statement for any TWO of the following pairs. William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (1989, question 6)
3. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender. Evaluate this statement using the documents and your knowledge of the military and diplomatic history of the years 1939 through 1947. (1988, DBQ)
The Cold War (1945-1990) :**
Stalin-led Russia :
- Trotskyists = Stalin-opposers
- "Stalism"
- "Marxism-Leninism"
- Marxism had to do w/ class warfare (upper class v. lower class, w/ working class eventually establishing classless society where there is more equality)
- gov. would plan economy
- Khrushchev = Stalin replacement who was key player after Stalin in Cold War
- "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."
- Stalin claimed to be a real follower of Lenin (the ruler of USSR before him who created Soviet Communist Party)
From Wikispace on "Stalism":
- The main contributions of Stalin to communist theory were:
- The groundwork for the Soviet policy concerning nationalities, laid in Stalin's 1913 work Marxism and the National Question, praised by Lenin.
- 'Socialism in One Country'
- The theory of aggravation of the class struggle along with the development of socialism, a theoretical base supporting the repression of political opponents as necessary.
- Stalinism has been described as being synonymous with totalitarianism, or a tyrannical regime. The term has been used to describe regimes that fight political dissent through violence, imprisonment, and killings- abandoned capitalist-like New Economic Policy (in Great Turn)
3/21/11
As of 1953 (the end of the Korean War), who was winning the Cold War?
By the time the Korean War ended, it seemed clear that the Soviet Union was winning the Cold War. The USSR was able to keep a stalemate in Korea. They continued to spead communism throughout the world, especially China's new government. It gave the USSR a major ally, especially since America's MacArthur threatened them. The US practice of containment did actually work in Korea, but communism still wasn't eliminated. Besides, the USSR had more of an upper hand during the war since they were fighting in northern Korea, which is closer to them than southern Korea is to the US.
3/30/11
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